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wound healing

wound healing

1 3.5
The body repairs and regrows skin and tissue after an injury
  • noun
  • /wuːnd ˈhiːlɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cicatrización
  • The doctor explained that proper wound healing requires keeping the injury clean and protected.
  • delayed wound healing
  • wound healing complications
  • promote wound healing

The next is very slow wound healing.

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Examples

  • Failure to collect accurate data can adversely impact wound healing and can increase costs.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Following surgery, smoking contributes to lower survival rates, delayed wound healing, and postoperative respiratory complications.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Each of these procedures presents the surgeon with a particular challenge with respect to wound healing.

    Academic text (2003)
  • By doing so, we stopped the ongoing bleeding but added the risk of poor wound healing due to the lack of circulation.

  • It also helps in wound healing in children who have skin wounds.

  • Green tea has been used as a traditional medicine to improve blood circulation, digestion, and wound healing.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Wound assessment is the foundation of selecting the correct modality to enhance wound healing.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Of 38 fish with visible hooking wounds, 26 showed evidence of wound healing during the holding period.

    Academic text (1998)
  • For example, if the patient does not have adequate nutritional intake for wound healing, wound closure is delayed.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Gentle weight-bearing might begin as early as 1-2 days postoperatively to stimulate wound healing and begin proprioceptive feedback.

    Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

healing
vswound healing
344 2.1

The body's natural process of getting better after injury or illness

focuses on repairing and regenerating tissue at the injury site
recovery
vswound healing
264 3.0

Getting better after illness or injury

focuses specifically on tissue repair and regeneration after physical harm
regeneration
vswound healing
  • Specialized
15 4.7

Growing new body parts or tissue after damage

includes repair and other processes that restore tissue after injury
cicatrization
vswound healing
  • Specialized
9.9

The healing of a wound that leaves a scar

focuses on overall repair and regeneration rather than just scar formation
conglutination
vswound healing
  • Specialized
9.9

Edges of a wound or a broken bone grow together and heal

covers the whole repair process beyond only the joining of edges

How Healed

wound healing
  • Specialized
1 3.5
regenerating
  • Specialized
5.5
scab
24 2.2
raw wound
  • NSFW
1 6.6

Surface Forms

wound healing singular

Morphology

wound + healing

The meaning 'the process by which the body repairs tissue after an injury' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'wound' (an injury) with 'healing' (the recovery process). This noun–noun compound follows a common compositional pattern found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Wound healing joins wound, meaning a cut or injury, and healing, meaning the body 'getting better'. The image of the skin closing and new tissue forming shows why it means 'the process the body uses to repair an injury'.